{"product_id":"oxford-handbook-of-nutrition-and-dietetics-paperback","title":"Oxford Handbook of Nutrition and Dietetics - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoan Webster-Gandy\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAngela Madden\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMichelle Holdsworth\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe importance of nutrition in the prevention and treatment of disease and the maintenance of good health is being increasingly recognised. Nutrition is an area that all health professionals need to be aware of and yet one in which few are specifically trained. However it is now becoming a valued topic in many curricula. The \u003cem\u003eOxford Handbook of Nutrition and Dietetics\u003c\/em\u003e makes this information more accessible to dieticians, doctors, nurses, nutritionists, and other healthcare professionals by providing a practical, easily accessible, concise and up-to-date evidence-based guide in a user-friendly portable handbook. It covers the entire life cycle from preconception to old age. As the general public is increasingly aware of the food they eat and the role nutrition plays in health and disease, health professionalsmust have the kind of knowledge in this book at their fingertips.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoan Webster-Gandy, \u003cem\u003eFreelance Dietitian, London, UK\u003c\/em\u003e; Angela Madden, \u003cem\u003ePrincipal Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics University of Hertfordshire Herts, UK\u003c\/em\u003e; Michelle Holdsworth, \u003cem\u003eProfessor in Public Health (Honorary) School of Health \u0026amp; Related Research University of Sheffield, UK\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr Joan Gandy is a Registered Dietitian who has worked as a dietitian in a variety of settings. She studied for her PhD while working at the MRC's Clinical Research Centre. She worked at Oxford Brookes University as a Senior Research Fellow and helped set up an MSc in Public Nutrition (Nutrition) at\u003cbr\u003eWestminster University. Her main areas of research are hydration, public health, and energy balance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr Angela Madden is a Registered Dietitian. She graduated from the University of Surrey and worked as a clinical dietitian in the NHS for 11 years before becoming a Research Fellow at the Royal Free Hospital. She was awarded her PhD for her thesis entitled Nutritional Status and Body Composition in\u003cbr\u003ePatients with Chronic Liver Disease. She has continued her career as a lecturer at London Metropolitan University and more recently at the University of Hertfordshire where she leads a team of dietitians and nutritionists involved in teaching and research. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProf Michelle Holdsworth is a Registered Public Health Nutritionist (UK Nutrition Society) and a Registered Dietitian. After working in various NHS hospital and community dietetics posts in the UK, she developed research interests in evaluating the effectiveness of community nutrition projects and\u003cbr\u003ewent on to study for a PhD in Public Health Nutrition at the University of Leicester. She has worked as Chargée de Recherche for the French National Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD) for 8 years altogether, based in the UMR NUTRIPASS (Joint Research Unit on Food \u0026amp; Nutrition Research Global\u003cbr\u003eSouth), where her research is focused on changing food environments and dietary behaviours in Africa. She has worked for 12 years at the Universities of Nottingham and Sheffield in the UK, initially as Assistant Professor, then Associate Professor and subsequently Full Professor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 960\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 7.1 x 3.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42729522855999,"sku":"9780198800132","price":98.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/421fab37da91aa7969b8c4cea8846f06.webp?v=1765122497","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/oxford-handbook-of-nutrition-and-dietetics-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}